Roma Capoccia [English translation]

How beautiful you are oh Rome in the evenings

when the moon reflects itself

inside the big fountain

and the couples desert the streets

How beautiful you are oh Rome when it rains

How great you are oh Rome when it’s dusk

and the orange turns red

on top of your seven hills

and the windows are like numerous eyes

that seem to tell you: how beautiful you are!

Today it feels like

if time had stopped here

I see the majesty of the Colosseum

I see the sanctity of the big Dome

and I am more alive and I am better

no, I’ll never leave you

Rome, head of this infamous world

a carriage drives away two foreigners

a second-hand dealer asks you if you’ve got some rags

the bedraggled sparrows are nightingales

I was born in Rome

I discovered you this morning